Kolchak the Night Stalker returns!

SciFi Wire brings us exciting news:

Stuart Townsend (Queen of the Damned) will star as ABC's new Kolchak in the drama pilot Night Stalker, an update of the 1970s supernatural TV series, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gabrielle Union will also star in Night Stalker, from Touchstone TV and writer-producer Frank Spotnitz (The X-Files), the trade paper reported. Union will play Kolchak's colleague at the paper who partners with him in his pursuit of supernatural phenomena.

I'm a huge fan of the original series. Let's keep our fingers crossed the makers do not screw this up.